{"id":91,"date":"2010-05-06T14:23:47","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T18:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tobeycat.com\/ub\/?p=91"},"modified":"2010-05-18T14:05:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T18:05:00","slug":"sharing-digital-diaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wancatcat.com\/ub\/?p=91","title":{"rendered":"Sharing Digital Diaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Trudy Tang Tin Wai<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>11:00 p.m., it is time to sleep, but Cherry Chan, a Year 3 student of Wuhan University, has another thing to do before she goes to bed. She would like to write her digital diary \u2013 the blog.<\/p>\n<p>Chan updates her blog at least six times a week. She writes about everything on her blog and she is what people call a blogger.<\/p>\n<p>Writing blogs has become a trend among Internet users, especially the post-80s generation. According to the 2008 Macau Internet Project, 21.1 percent of people write their own blogs and 52.3 percent of people read others\u2019 blogs when using the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>Bloggers write all sorts of things on their blogs, such as their daily experience and opinions towards some issues. The blog is a channel for them to express their feelings, so most of them write about their emotions and grumble about different issues on their blogs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMostly I would write about my emotion and complaints about other people,\u201d said Chan. \u201cWhen I complain, I would set a password to my blog so that the people I do not like cannot read my blog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One reason that post-80 youngsters feel free to blog is that they can make sure who their readers are by setting access and giving permission to their blogs. Some websites also allow bloggers to know who has read their blogs even though the readers do not leave any comment. \u201cThe blog service I am using now allows me to chase the readers\u2019 IP (Internet Protocol), so I roughly know who has read my blog even though they do not log in,\u201d said Chan.<\/p>\n<p>Although the trace function can protect bloggers\u2019 privacy, it also widens the generation gap between the post-80s and their parents. Many bloggers would rather express their feelings on their blogs than communicate with their parents. They do not worry about their parents reading their blogs. \u201cMy parents do not know how to use a computer, let alone the Internet,\u201d said Chan.<\/p>\n<p>Blog websites attract many people because they do not require bloggers and readers to stay online at the same time. Friends can read each other\u2019s blogs whenever they are free. According to Chan, only some of her friends would write a comment after reading her blog. \u201cThose who do not comment can also know what has happened to me and they would give me a call,\u201d said Chan.<\/p>\n<p>Another attraction of blogs is that bloggers not only can use text to express their feelings, but also some videos and images. Chan said that she would post photos on her blog when she has a gathering with her friends. \u201cI would also upload and share some music videos of my favorite singers on my blog,\u201d said Chan. \u201cPhotos and videos can enrich my blog and attract more people to read.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Trudy Tang Tin Wai 11:00 p.m., it is time to sleep, but Cherry Chan, a Year 3 student of Wuhan University, has another thing to do before she goes to bed. She would like to write her digital diary \u2013 the blog. Chan updates her blog at least six times a week. 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